The Daily Colonist, August 20, 1914

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#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• Unanimous vote in parliament to support Imperial war effort [It is worth noting that this is largely meaningless grandstanding because Canada was not autonomous and control of the Canadian Militia was an Imperial matter -- even today the Commander-in-Cheif of the Canadian Forces\240is the Monarch of Canada (who happens to also be the Monarch of England) via her Canadian viceroy, the Governor General of Canada, who takes advice from parliament, but is not legally bound to it].
• Pope Pious X dies, apparently "greif-stricken" by the war
• Cowichan farmers allowed to sell "second rate" (i.e. mishapen, but otherwise fine) fruit and first shipment arrives for troops in Victoria
• Czar performs ancient war ceremony in Kremlin, claims peoples throughout the Russian empire are united in the defence of Russa [just wait until October 1917...]
• Reports of Polish and Czech troops turning on their Austrian officers
• Austrian spies captured in Sault Sainte Marie, ON.\240

http://www.britishcolonist.ca/dateList.php?year=1914

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